Fundamentally, trad is popular because it's "very inclusive, egalitarian" and "everyone gets the chance to play it", Jason ...

A graduate of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, Bríd has toured extensively and ...

A manuscript containing a large hand-written collection of traditional Irish tunes from the North Kilkenny /Laois border area was discovered in 2002 in an attic in Bayswell House, Crosspatrick, ...

Boston Irish Calendar of Irish/Celtic EventsJune 2025The Brian O'Donovan Legacy Series at The Burren will present The East Coasters today (June 11), an Irish-Scottish music trio that is the very ...

Irish band Cardinals are back with their first new music of 2025, a swaggering number that mixes post-punk atmospherics with traditional Celtic music. “‘Big Empty Heart’ is a love song written from ...

In front of its first American festival audience, folk band Amble transported its listeners into the misty romance of the ...

The 'music of human interaction ... One venue owner compared the phenomenon to Beatlemania, as "clamouring" fans of Irish folk flock to see their favourite trad acts. The success of Ryan ...